2012 NAGA DALLAS GRAPPLING CHAMPIONSHIP The North American Grappling Association (NAGA) is America’s largest mixed grappling tournament circuit with over 150,000 competitors worldwide. On May 12 & 13, 2012 NAGA returns to Texas for our annual Dallas Grappling Championship, No-Gi & Gi tournament. All adults & teens compete on Saturday, all children 13 and under compete on Sunday. You do not need to be affiliated with a team to compete. You do not have to live in Texas to participate in this event. This event is nationally RANKED!

Pre-registration is now closed. You can stil regster on Friday from 7-9PM or on Saturday or Sunday beginning at 8AM.1 Division = $80; 2 Divisions = $100, Spectators = $10 ($15 after pre-reg closes). For family rates, download the event flyer/registration form, or click the Pre-Register Online link. Pre-registration closed at 5PM on Friday, May 4.

SAMURAI SWORDS TO CHILDREN & TEENS WINNERS NAGA will be awarding custom engraved SAMURAI SWORDS to all non-expert Children & Teen 1st place winners! Octagon medals will be awarded to all 2nd & 3rd place winners along with non-expert Adult division winners. Adult competitors who place 1st and win a gold medal will have the opportunity to obtain a samurai sword at the NAGA T-shirt booth for a nominal fee. All children/teens will take home a medal even if they do not place 1st through 3rd for having the courage to compete.

SPECTACULAR CUSTOM TEAM BANNER AWARDS NAGA awards huge customized championship banners to the tournament team champions. A banner can be won in: Adult Overall, Adult No-Gi, Adult Gi, and Kids & Teens Overall. Please make sure your team registers under the same team name.

TEENS (14-17 YEARS OLD) COMPETE ON SATURDAY One of the benefits of competing in a NAGA event is the large number of competitors it attracts. With the large number of children grapplers 13 years old and younger, we have decided to run them exclusively on Sunday and move the Teen (14-17 years old) divisions to Saturday. We hope you like this format as it will help the Sunday tournament end earlier. We understand trying to keep a child’s attention for an entire day is tough; this format will help alleviate this.

FREE NAGA LANYARDS All competitors will receive a free custom made lanyard. The lanyard can be used to hang your keys, school or work ID, whatever you like. Thank you for competing in NAGA!

NATIONALLY RANKED EVENTAll NAGA events are part of the nationwide ranking system entitled RANKED. Our goal is to determine who the best grapplers in the country are for various age, gender, and skill levels. This tournament will be nationally ranked so do not miss your opportunity to gain points towards a true national title. More details can be found at www.nationallyranked.com.

SANDBAGGERS BEWARENAGA works diligently to prevent "sandbagging", or the practice of fighting down skill levels to ensure one takes home an award. NAGA has been working with RANKED to track all fighters and ranked grappling events to produce true "national standings." A by-product of these standings is our knowledge of who has competed and at which level. Front door personnel will use RANKED data to determine whether or not individuals who have fought in past events belong in a higher skill level (i.e. placed 1st at a prior NAGA event).